Triple Bottom Line Evaluation Tool Guidance Document

Authors:  One Water New Braunfels

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As public service agencies, the One Water partners recognize that agency projects, programs, and plans can have beneficial economic, community, and environmental impacts. The Triple Bottom Line Evaluation Tool described in this guidance document provides a guided evaluation how a project, program or plan advances priority goals and enhances investments in our community to help protect water supplies, quality of life, and the economy.

To help the community and governing bodies move to a holistic decision-making framework, the Working Group developed a Triple Bottom Line Evaluation Tool. The intent is that the Triple Bottom Line Evaluation Tool be utilized early in project development to ensure projects are well-aligned and designed to provide multiple benefits where possible.

The goal is to increase use of the evaluation tool and show year to year improvement in project selection that evaluated. The process aims to generate discussion that leads to enhanced projects, increased awareness of multi-benefit solutions incorporated, and support for these projects when proposed.

Source:  One Water New Braunfels Working Group

Publication Year:  2025